Metaltown
| Metaltown | |
|---|---|
 The Black Stage, one of the two main stages, in 2011 | |
| Genre | Heavy metal, hardcore punk |
| Dates | June–July 2004–2012: 2 days 2013–2016: 3 days |
| Location(s) | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Years active | 2004–2016 |
| Website | Metaltown In English |
57°43′03″N 11°57′30″E / 57.71751°N 11.95825°E The Metaltown festival was a three-day festival featuring heavy metal bands, held in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was arranged annually from 2004 to 2013.
The original Metaltown venue was at Frihamnen, but was moved in 2011 to Göteborg Galopp close to Gothenburg City Airport.[1] An indoor revival was held in 2016 at Trädgår'n.[2] An attempted revival in 2020 to be held at Frihamnen was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4]
Participating acts
[edit]2004
[edit]Alice Cooper – Totalt Jävla Mörker – Turbonegro – Dimmu Borgir – Brides of Destruction – In Flames – Kee Marcello's K2 – Evergrey – Mustasch – Edguy – Within Y – Debase – Notre Dame
2005
[edit]Apocalyptica – Dark Tranquillity – Hanoi Rocks – HammerFall – Rammstein – Beseech – Enter the Hunt – Tiamat – Sentenced – Nine – All Ends – Kakaphonia – Hell N' Diesel
2006
[edit]Cradle of Filth – Danko Jones – Electric Earth – Engel – Enter the Hunt – Entombed – Evergrey – Fingerspitzengefühl – Khoma – Manimal – Motörhead – Opeth – Satyricon – Soilwork – Sparzanza – The Haunted – Tool – Stonegard
2007
[edit]Slayer – Mastodon – Machine Head – Meshuggah – Raised Fist – Nine – Cult of Luna – Hardcore Superstar – Sturm und Drang – Sonic Syndicate – Marduk – Ill Niño – Candlemass – Entombed
2008
[edit]In Flames – Cavalera Conspiracy – Nightwish – Chris Cornell (cancelled) – Monster Magnet – Dimmu Borgir – Danko Jones – Bullet for My Valentine – Converge – Dark Tranquillity – Finntroll – Hardcore Superstar – Sabaton – Soilwork – Tiamat – Amon Amarth – Clutch – Job for a Cowboy (cancelled) – Opeth (cancelled) – Killswitch Engage – Nifelheim – Die Mannequin – Graveyard – Sonic Syndicate – Lillasyster – Path of No Return – Sic – Witchcraft – Cimmerian Dome – Dr. Livingdead – Keld – Torture Division – Dead by April (cancelled) – Avatar – Marionette – Satyricon – The Brother Grim Side Show
2009
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All Hell – All That Remains – August Burns Red – Bring Me the Horizon – Bullet – Children of Bodom – Cult of Luna – Dead by April – Dir En Grey – Disturbed – DragonForce – Evergrey – Girugamesh – Hatesphere – Hellzapoppin' – Illfigure – Marilyn Manson – Meshuggah – Mucc – Municipal Waste – Mustasch – My Dying Bride – Napalm Death – Opeth – Pain – Pilgrimz – Slipknot – Sterbhaus – Trivium – The Haunted – Volbeat
2010
[edit]69 Eyes – Adept – Amon Amarth – Between the Buried and Me – Bleeding Through – Brian "Head" Welch – Bullet for My Valentine – Coheed & Cambria – Cynic – Dark Tranquillity – Dream Evil – Finntroll – From This Moment – Garcia Plays Kyuss – Hatebreed – Hellyeah – In Flames – Katatonia – Kreator – Nile – Rammstein – Raunchy – Raubtier – Sabaton – Skindred – Sodom – Sonic Syndicate – Soulfly – Walking with Strangers
2011
[edit]Meshuggah – Humanity's Last Breath – Cradle of Filth – Raubtier – Parkway Drive – Escape the Fate – System of a Down – At the Gates – The Black Dahlia Murder – Graveyard – Soilwork – Ghost – Volbeat – Watain – Korn – Khoma – Cavalera Conspiracy – All That Remains – Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult – F.K.Ü – Deicide – Bring Me the Horizon – Arch Enemy – Avenged Sevenfold – Anvil – Bullet – Human Desolation – Madball – Corroded- Yersinia – Last View – Stillwell – Avenir
2012
[edit]In Flames – Slayer – Marilyn Manson – Machine Head – Lamb of God – Mastodon – Killswitch Engage – Opeth – Within Temptation – Sabaton – Anthrax – Kyuss Lives! – HammerFall – Nasum – Dark Tranquility – Mayhem – Soulfly – Candlemass – Hypocrisy – Vader – Gojira – Trivium – Pain – DevilDriver – Pain of Salvation – Oz – Darkest Hour – Adept – Skeletonwitch – Engel – Avatar – Vildhjarta – Skitarg – Unleashed – Primordial – Death Destruction – Shining – Aura Noir – Descend – Unpure – Year of the Goat – Sectu – Kobra and the Lotus – Seventribe – Dethrone – Who Torched Cinderella – Alenah – Voiceless Location – Start a Fire – Imminence – Jason Rouse
2013
[edit]Slipknot – Korn – Motörhead – Sabaton – Danzig – Ghost – Meshuggah – All That Remains – Danko Jones – Soilwork – Turbonegro – Asking Alexandria – Clutch – Graveyard – Entombed – Napalm Death – Carcass – The Dillinger Escape Plan – Pentagram – Marduk – Kvelertak – Cult of Luna – The Devil Wears Prada – The Ghost Inside – Between the Buried and Me – The Sword – Witchcraft – Hardcore Superstar – Katatonia – Amaranthe – Love and Death – Naglfar – The Kristet Utseende – The Resistance – Thyrfing – Terra Tenebrosa – Bombus – Thundermother – Eldkraft – Port Noir – Undercroft – Sister Sin – Constrain – Crunge – Imber – Nox Vorago – Degial – Tribulation – Eldrimner – Minora – bravo metal – bedeng metal
References
[edit]- ^ Strage, Fredrik (19 June 2011). "Metaltown del 1". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "Metaltown Indoors". Metaltown. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ Risenfors, Kristian (24 February 2020). "Metaltown återuppstår från det döda". Mitt i Göteborg. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ Rosenström, Anna (8 August 2020). "Metaltowns uppgång, fall och inställda comeback". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Official website Archived 26 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- Photos from Metaltown 2006
- Review from Metaltown 2010 – Day 1 (English)
- Review from Metaltown 2010 – Day 2 (English)